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Former SKUNK ANANSIE frontwoman Skin played Academy 2 in Liverpool. England on Saturday, May 3. Click here to check out the photos. Skin's debut solo album, "Fleshwounds", is due on June 9 through EMI Records. "Fleshwounds" was recorded in two bursts — first in 2001, in Belgium, with producer David Kosten, and then ...

Canadian thrash pioneers EXCITER will enter the studio next month to re-record 16 of their "best" songs for an upcoming "Best Of" album, tentatively due before the end of the year. The group, who were recently rejoined by frontman Jacques Belanger, will re-record material from the following albums: "Heavy Metal Maniac", "Violence and Force", "Long ...

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers SADUS, who feature in their ranks current TESTAMENT bassist Steve DiGiorgio and drummer Jon Allen, are working on the material for their next album, tentatively due in late 2003/early 2004. "We're not casting illusions or any visions of anger on you," the band said in a statement on their ...

The classic "Born Too Late"-era lineup of doom legends ST. VITUS — Dave Chandler (guitar), Scott "Wino" Wienrich (vocals), Armando Acosta (drums) and Mark Adams (bass) — will take the stage together for the fist time since 1991 on Tuesday, July 1 at the Double Door in Chicago, Illinois. Dave Chandler had this to say ...

Despite previous reports to the contrary, former LED ZEPPELIN members John Paul Jones (bass/keyboards) and Jimmy Page (guitar) have refused to rule out persistent rumors that they would perform again as LED ZEPPELIN. "You can never say never about anything," Paul Jones told BBC News in an interview published Tuesday (May 6). "Maybe we could ...

MARILYN MANSON will stage a "one-of-a-kind" performance at the launch party for their new album, "The Golden Age Of Grotesque", on Monday, May 12 at the Key club in Hollywood, California. Also set to appear is Manson's girlfriend Dita Von Teese. Check out an e-card announcing the show at this location. "The Golden ...

Original SLIPKNOT singer Andy Rouw (a.k.a. Anders Colsefini) has announced his decision to retire from the music scene. On the message board of his most recent band, ON A PALE HORSE, he wrote: "I, Andrew Rouw (aka Anders Colsefni), have decided to retire. My chords (vocal, that is) are a bit tired anymore, and they ...